Enable Perccli On An Esxi Server - Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Node 14G Manual

Enable PERCCLI on an ESXi server

Before creating virtual devices, enable the PERCCLI disk utility on the ESXi server.
You may also need to install the disk driver.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have:
Root access to the server on which PERCCLI is to be installed
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Access to the Internet to enable you to download the PERCCLI utility
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Procedure
1. Download PERCCLI from
Vmware-NDS_Perccli_1-17-10.zip.
2. Extract the ZIP file.
3. Copy the installation file, vmware-esx-perccli-1.17.10.vib, to /tmp on
the server.
4. Run the installation command on the server:
esxcli software vib install -f -v /tmp/vmware-esx-
perccli-1.17.10.vib
5. Before running PERCCLI commands, change your working directory to the
utility's binary location:
cd /opt/lsi/perccli/
Results
PERCCLI can now be used either from the ESXi console or via SSH.
Note
PERCCLI commands are run in the following format:
./perccli command
For example, to view help, run:
./perccli -h
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